Figurative Language in Song

tackk by Megan and Caitlynne

^^AWEEEE!!! ^^(i wish i was that koala :3 -megan :3 )

0:00-0:58

She lives in a fairy taleSomewhere too far for us to findForgotten the taste and smellOf the world that she's left behindIt's all about the exposure the lens I told herThe angles were all wrong nowShe's ripping wings off of butterflies

Keep your feet on the groundWhen your head's in the clouds

She can't live in a fairytale, so it's a METAPHORE of how she acts-like nothing bad is possible to happen and only good things will come, That there's a happy ending when there isn't.

1:01-1:13Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskeyWhiskey makes my baby feel a little friskyBack roads are boggin' up, my buddies pile up in my truckWe hunt our honeys down, we take 'em into townStart washin' all our worries down the drainRain is a good thingRain can't make anything but wet, so it's a PERSDONIFICATION of how rain helps grow it.

This is an ALLITERATION, because many "o" ,"t" , "w", and "b" words are repeated.

0:19-0:41My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, andI know I gave it to you months agoI know you’re trying to forgetBut between the drinks and subtle thingsThe holes in my apologies, you knowI’m trying hard to take it back

What the singer is trying to say is that he hurt this girl and she wants to forget about it, but he wants to apologize, making this an exaggeration--or a HYPERBOLE.

1:05-1:30

Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the groundSo I like to keep my issues drawnBut it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoaShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoaAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh whoaThe singer is comparing depression to "the devil on your back", and also the artist is saying that it gets harder before it can get better by saying" But it's always darkest before the dawn" making this a METEPHORE.

If all our life is but a dreamFantastic posing greedThen we should feed our jewelry to the seaFor diamonds do appear to beJust like broken glass to me He is comparing diamonds to broken glass, making this a SIMILE.

1:45-2:00

They got her whole life on lockdownDoing time behind her bedroom doorI guess it’s alright for right nowBut outside her window there’s so muchMore room for running and space to discoverA whole wide world to seeShe’s dreaming about the girl she’s gonna beStuck in Ross County, growing her wingsShe's not really growing her wings, she's just gettiung what she needs to learn so when she moves out and gets her own life she's prepared making this a METAPHORE.

0:30-1:00

There’s a little bit of devil in her angel eyesShe’s a little bit of heaven with a wild sideGot a rebel heart a country mile wideThere’s a little bit of devil in her angel eyesA little bit of devil in her angel eyesThere isnt a devil in her eyes, and shes not a little bit of heaven. the singer is trying to say she's an amazing girl with a rebelious side making this a METAPHORE.

0:35-1:01

"I wanna be your Friday night sweet rideSummertime sunshine barefoot in the moonlightI wanna be your jackpot hot spot wide open road in a candy apple rag topI wanna set you freeI wanna take you highI wanna beWanna be your Friday Night"She doesn't actualy want to be his friday night, but she wants to be as good as the thigns that can happen on a friday night. making this a METAPHORE.

0:50-1:45

I'm only up when your not down.Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.It's like no matter what I do.Well you drive me crazy half the time; The other half I'm only trying to letYou know that what I feel is true.And I'm only me when I'm with you.

Just a small town boy and girlLivin' in a crazy world.Tryin' to figure out what is and isn't true.

And I don't try to hide my tears.My secrets or my deepest fears.Through it all nobody gets me like you do.

And you know everything about me.

Taylor and her best guy friend, who've basically been through everything together, and she's finally starting to fall for him. She's saying that he knows everything about her, and that makes her comfortable. She's saying she's only her when she's with him. The thing is, Taylor CAN live without him, and she's still HERSELF but she is different in behavior. Making this a HYPERBOLE.

0:16-1:06

Would you walk to the edge of the oceanJust to fill my jar with sandJust in case I get the notionTo let it run through my handLet it run through my hand

Well, I don't want the whole worldThe sun, the moon, and all their lightI just want to be the only girlYou love all your lifeYou love all your life

Would you catch a couple thousand firefliesYeah, put them in a lamp to light my worldAll dressed up in a tux and bowtieHand deliver to a lonely girlTo a lonely lonely girl

The singer does not want her boyfriend to "walk to the ocean to fill her jar with sand" or catch a couple thousand fireflies to light her world" she's just exaggerating how she wants him to prove how much he loves her, and how much she wants to be the only girl he will ever love. making this a HYPERBOLE.

0:08-0:55

Something has changed within me Something is not the sameI'm through with playing by the rulesOf someone else's gameToo late for second-guessingToo late to go back to sleepIt's time to trust my instinctsClose my eyes: and leap!